Three-dimensional organization of the hepatic artery terminal branches: A scanning electron microscopic study of vascular corrosion casts of rat liver

Italian Journal of Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-12

  Pannarale, Luigi ^a   Onori, Paolo ^b   Borghese, Federica ^a   Conte, Davide ^a   Gaudio, Eugenio ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hepatic artery; Liver; Microcirculation; Vascular corrosion casts

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTERIOLE; BLOOD FLOW; CAPILLARY; FEMALE; HEPATIC ARTERY; HISTOLOGY; LIVER; LIVER CELL; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PORTAL VEIN; RAT; REVIEW; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VASCULARIZATION; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ARTERIOLES; CAPILLARIES; CORROSION CASTING; FEMALE; HEPATIC ARTERY; HEPATOCYTES; LIVER; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PORTAL VEIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 34249783904     PISSN: 11226714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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